Office screening of pituitary reserve.
Deficiency of the anterior lobe of the pituitary due to disease in the pituitary-hypothalamic area may involve any or all pituitary hormones to varying degrees but, usually, growth hormone (GH) and gonadotropins (FSH and LH) are more commonly affected than thyrotropin (TSH), corticotropin (ACTH) and prolactin. Of these 6 hormones TSH and ACTH are of life sustaining importance.
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John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000032:analysis*
D010907:Pituitary Hormones